Organise under Dalit leadership: RSS to Hindus
In a significant move, the RSS has asked the Hindu community to organise themselves under Dalit leadership and said “good Hindus” were present in all political parties. It also said “all governments” have worked against the sentiments of the majority community but not the BJP-led NDA governments between 1998 and 2004.
“So long as those believing in caste hierarchy continue to dominate among the Hindus, it would be difficult to instil courage in their spines…Hindu society too can jump over this ocean of crises, challenges and self-ignorance if they start viewing Dalits as Ram and Hanuman, touch their feet, organise under their leadership and as disciples form an aggressive organisation.
Only Dalits and the deprived can uplift us, this is an undoubtable truth,” says a hard-hitting editorial in the latest issue of RSS Hindi organ Panchjanya.
The ’special editorial’ sought to remind the readers that the people, who ‘insulted’ Hindu deities in IGNOU textbooks, honoured painter M F Hussein despite his naked depiction of Goddesses, got the Shankaracharya arrested and made an “onslaught on the sanctity and system” of Tirupati, were those “believed to be among the upper castes.”
The RSS, which has all along supported the BJP, said, “Good Hindus can be seen in other parties also. The only difference is that some find it politically beneficial to talk about Hindu interests occasionally and if opportunity demands, while others don’t think so.
“From the viewpoint of Hindu interests, we should be expecting such a situation where in irrespective of party affiliations and differences, they should unite when it comes to any harm to Hindu interests,” the editorial further said.
23th July, 2006 : ( Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
